Officials in Sweden and Denmark are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak with frozen imported berries suspected to be the source of infection.

Since mid-July, nine patients with the same type of hepatitis A virus have been reported from five different regions in Sweden. The latest patient fell ill on Sept.
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SANTIAGO, CHILE — Chile’s raspberry producers came in for some special attention during a conference for this country’s food exporters. All who were in attendance were provided with a glossy 20-page brochure just produced for raspberry farm workers. It’s one piece in a strategy to rebuild Chile’s place among raspberry
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Four years ago, frozen strawberries imported to Finland from Poland were found to be spreading norovirus across borders.  More than 1,000 Finlanders became sick.  A new norovirus outbreak may be underway, only this time Polish frozen raspberries are the suspected source.

Going into this weekend, the Finnish Food Safety Authority

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